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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)

by Patricia Highsmith

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Lolly Willowes

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

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by Julia Elliott

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Mikaela’s Quotes

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

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“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

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Our Shared Shelf — 222844 members — last activity Apr 30, 2026 03:29PM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Around the World in 80 Books — 31239 members — last activity 5 hours, 19 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club — 17339 members — last activity 23 hours, 29 min ago
You just found the Official unofficial Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club. We will read the Goodreads Choice Awards winning books throughout the year b ...more

The Reading For Pleasure Book Club — 3841 members — last activity 21 minutes ago
This is a book club where we will share our current reads in ebooks, regular books, audiobooks, graphic novels and more. This is where we can all shar ...more

Reading between the Wines — 13 members — last activity Jun 26, 2018 07:24AM
Reading books of all genres to satisfy our mental palette. We'll be reading 1 book a month and can discuss it at any time. Also I want everyone to be ...more

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